Bedfordshire Police Headquarters Woburn Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9AX
Approved on 22 December 2025
Council decision: Details not required (Prior Approval)
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Proposal
Prior notification for the installation, alteration or replacement on non-domestic properties of (a) micro-generation solar thermal equipment; (b) micro-generation solar PV equipment; or (c) other solar PV equipment on the roof. This is not a planning application because it relates to development that is permitted by Government Regulation. It will not therefore be reported to the Planning Committee but considered by officers under delegated powers. Comments received will be considered but if notification of a decision is not made to the Applicant within 56 days of the date of registration of the proposal, it can proceed.
- Received
- 17 November 2025
- Council
- Bedford Borough Council
- Ward
- Kempston West
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation18 Dec
- TargetTarget Date5 Jan
- DecidedDecided22 Dec
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Bedfordshire Police Headquarters Woburn Road Kempston Bedford Bedfordshire MK43 9AX. Bedford has handled 411 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bedford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Kempston West. We hold 421 applications in total for the MK43 postcode area.
68% of outline applications at Bedford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- MK43 9AX
- Application type
- Solar Prior Notification Part J
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Kempston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 8 Whiting Road Norwich Business Park Norwich Norfolk NR4 6DN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 27 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 18 December 2025
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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